Grand Prix Race Results 2013

Race 1 – Snake Lane 10 Race 2 – Northumberland half Race 3 – Cragside 10K Race 4 – Allendale 8M

Race 5 – Alnwick Trail half Race 6 – Bridges of the Tyne 5M Race 7 – James Herriot 8.7M Race 8 – Darlington 10K

Race 9 – Watergate 5K Race 10 – Tees Valley half Race 11 – Jedburgh half Race 12 – Brampton to Carlisle

Race 12 - Brampton - Carlisle 10 Mile – Sun 17th November 2013

A good turnout for the traditional end of season Grand Prix race, the Brampton to Carlisle 10 Mile Road Race, on Sunday 17th November. With some of the divisions still undecided competition was fierce, especially divisions 2,4,5 and 6. With good weather a number of pb's were recorded, with Jake knocking over a minute off his to break 60 mins for the first time, Ian Baxter reducing his pb by over 2 minutes and Peter Maylia knocking a few seconds off his. Congratulations to Cath who was first in her age group.

Full Grand Prix standings to follow.

The full results can be found at here

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	40	Jake Jansen	U20	59:11	5:55	1	8	16	257	Martin Scott	M40	1:13:48	7:23	4	9
2	63	Bradley Clough	M	1:00:32	6:03	-	-	17	260	Terry McCabe	M60	1:14:09	7:25	4	8
3	73	Jon French	M	1:01:42	6:10	2	8	18	272	Cath Young	F55	1:14:48	7:29	-	-
4	87	Peter Holmback	M	1:02:37	6:16	2	7	19	316	Dave Roberts	M50	1:17:55	7:48	4	7
5	135	Lee Cuthbertson	M	1:05:57	6:36	1	7	20	331	Hayley Raithby	F35	1:18:40	7:52	4	6
6	148	Ian Baxter	M45	1:06:54	6:41	3	9	21	338	Ralph Dickinson	M60	1:19:02	7:54	4	5
7	154	Steven French	M	1:07:14	6:43	3	8	22	396	Claire Calverley	F35	1:21:56	8:12	5	8
8	155	Mal Darbyshire	M55	1:07:19	6:44	3	7	23	438	Louise Coultate	F	1:25:30	8:33	-	-
9	174	Calum Storey	U20	1:08:51	6:53	3	6	24	445	Ron Ingram	M55	1:26:15	8:38	5	7
10	204	Steve Dobby	M40	1:10:26	7:03	3	5	25	448	Peter Maylia	M55	1:26:25	8:39	5	6
11	218	David Bradley	M55	1:10:59	7:06	4	12	26	449	Angela Johnson	F40	1:26:48	8:41	6	6
12	241	Jordan Slater	M	1:12:40	7:16	-	-	27	461	Louise Rawlinson	F40	1:27:34	8:45	6	5
13	243	Steve Gillespie	M55	1:12:44	7:16	3	4	28	464	Claire Mason	F45	1:27:59	8:48	-	-
14	254	Dave Potts	M45	1:13:16	7:20	4	11	29	487	Anne Craddock	F55	1:29:38	8:58	6	4
15	255	Lindsey Chapman	F	1:13:18	7:20	4	10	30
Total No. of finishers :- 543

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Race 11 - Jedburgh Half Marathon – Sun 27th October 2013

Fourteen Blyth members travelled to Jedburgh on Sunday 27th October for the Jedburgh Half Marathon, the penultimate race in this season's Grand Prix. First back for Blyth was Peter Brown in 13th place with a time of 1:24:07, Jake and Jon also had good runs to give us three runners in the top 25. Cath Young was first Blyth Lady in a time of 1:45:45.

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.
1	13	Peter Brown	M40	1:24:07	6:25	1	8	8	122	Dave Bradley	M50	1:41:08	7:43	4	12
2	20	Jake Jansen	M	1:25:12	6:30	1	7	9	159	Cath Young	F55	1:45:45	8:4	-	-
3	24	Jon French	M	1:26:47	6:37	2	8	10	214	Dave Roberts	M50	1:49:35	8:22	4	11
4	56	Robbie Barkley	M40	1:33:11	7:6	1	6	11	307	Clare Calverley	F35	1:58:46	9:4	5	8
5	70	Shaun Dodd	M40	1:35:14	7:16	3	9	12	344	Ron Ingram	M50	2:03:02	9:23	5	7
6	85	Calum Storey	M	1:37:25	7:26	3	8	13	356	Peter Maylia	M50	2:05:44	9:35	5	6
7	100	Steve Dobby	M40	1:39:02	7:33	3	7	14	380	Anne Craddock	F55	2:09:58	9:55	6	6
Total No. of finishers :- 447

The full results can be found at HERE

Report below courtesy of Steve Dobby.

Looking at the forecast for Sundays penultimate GP race at Jedburgh did not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling, however, upon waking on Sunday morning all looked well, in Cramlington anyway. I drove up to Jedburgh with Peter M and Jake J and the weather slowly turned from rather pleasant to rather wet and windy by the time we arrived.

I led the lads to the wrong place for our numbers but we eventually got sorted at the town hall. We then me up with the rest of the Blyth posse with a total of 13 souls about to brave the weather.

The weather then proceeded to confuse the hell out of me, sunny one moment then cold and wet the next, I eventually plumped for shorts and a thermal t under my vest, which I regretted within the first 10 mins of the race.

After a quick tour of the town from the start we left the A68 to run through a housing estate, dodging dog shxt as we went then it was up the usual hill within a mile of the start, the weather was nice and sunny at this point and made all the better for having some running company in the form of Calum and Dave B.

The first half was actually pretty pleasant apart from the blooming 10K competitors who turned back after 3 miles, part timers. So on we went with a little hint of what was to come on the return trip when the leaders were streaming past us on the way back at about the 6 mile mark and they were leaning into the wind ! it was great to see Peter brown and Jake J mixing it up with the leaders !.

It was time for another hill between 6 and 7 and this is where young Calum pulled away from me, I sensibly didn't try to stay with him !!!, just after the half way point as the course swung around for the return leg there was a chap giving out sweeties which I dived into , only to return with a single cola bottle, not the jelly babies I was aiming for, rats. So for the next 10 mins chewing the cola bottle took my mind off running for a bit !.

Now the wind started to make its presence felt but I was still feeling pretty good at this point and soldiered on. The long road at 9 mile was particularly testing in the wind but I was with a group of lads and we took turns taking point which helped a bit. Now fast forward to mile 11 where I was starting to tire and on the way to 12 there was a rather taxing hill that ate into my reserves of energy, once crested there was a couple of further little rises and we were back into town for the run in so I endeavoured to keep the pace up, unfortunately 4 lads got past me in this last half mile but I kept them close enough to see if I could get them on the line in a little bit of last sprint action, which is exactly what I just managed to do, wooo hooo !!!. I got in under my 1:40 target as well so was well pleased. Then it was off to cheer the rest of the gang in ! Everyone was really trying hard getting to that finish line !!! thankfully there were bananas, water, lucozade and a choccy bar on offer ! which were readily consumed !

So all in all a pretty good day, yes it was a tad windy but it is a canny course, mostly through the countryside, but the weather gods seem to know what day this race is on as the wind direction and strength was exactly the same 2 year ago !!!

Well done everyone who took part !!!

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Race 10 - Tees Valley Half Marathon – Sun 29th September 2013

Twenty Blyth members travelled to Redcar on Sunday 29th September for the Tees Valley (read Redcar) Half Marathon, the tenth race in this season's Grand Prix. Although sunny, the 1155 runners were greeted with a strong headwind for half of the course. This did not seem to hamper Angela Johnson, Daniel N'Jai and Jon French who all recorded pb's, with Jon's marathon training obviously paying dividends as he was first back for Blyth in 37th position with a time of 1:24:01. Heather Christopher was first Blyth Lady in a time of 1:35:50. Well dome all.

The full results can be found at chipresults.co.uk

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.
1	37	Jon French	M	1:24:01	1:24:01	6:25	2	8	11	399	Mark Ponton	M45	1:44:53	1:44:41	7:59	4	9
2	48	Jake Jansen	M	1:25:15	1:25:15	6:30	1	8	12	506	Calum Storey	M	1:48:34	1:48:30	8:17	3	5
3	90	Peter Brown	M40	1:29:18	1:28:51	6:47	1	7	13	507	Phillippa Baxter	F	1:48:35	1:48:14	8:16	4	8
4	122	Daniel N'Jai	M	1:31:07	1:30:53	6:56	3	9	14	602	Davina Lonsdale	F45	1:52:05	1:51:44	8:32	5	8
5	209	Heather Christopher	F40	1:35:50	1:35:47	7:19	3	8	15	603	Julie Lemin	F35	1:52:05	1:51:45	8:32	5	7
6	228	Ian Baxter	M45	1:36:51	1:36:47	7:23	3	7	16	748	Ron Ingram	M55	1:59:06	1:58:39	9:03	5	6
7	241	Steven French	M	1:37:25	1:37:22	7:26	3	6	17	755	Peter Maylia	M55	1:59:35	1:59:08	9:06	5	5
8	267	Lindsey Chapman	F	1:38:54	1:38:37	7:32	4	12	18	784	Angela Johnson	F	2:01:18	2:00:49	9:13	6	6
9	327	David Potts	M45	1:41:21	1:40:56	7:42	4	11	19	851	Anne Craddock	F55	2:05:28	2:04:52	9:32	6	5
10	356	Terence McCabe	M60	1:42:53	1:42:48	7:51	4	10	20	925	Louise Rawlinson	F40	2:10:11	2:09:38	9:54	6	4
Total No. of finishers :- 1155

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Race 9 - Watergate 5k – Thu 29th Sep 2013

On an ideal night for running, 25 Blyth members lined up for the Watergate 5K – 2 laps of a flat, fast course. First back for Blyth was Jon French (16^th) followed closely by James Young (22^nd). First lady back for Blyth was Heather Christopher (81^st). The ladies team of Heather, Lindsey and Cath came 2^nd and the men’s team of Jon , James and Peter Holmback were 4th

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.
1	16	Jon French	M	17:59	3:52	2	8	14	93	Lindsey Chapman	F	21:41	4.28	4	10
2	22	James Young	U17	18:20	3:64			15	97	Terry McCabe	M60	22:04	4:41	4	9
3	26	Peter Holmback	M	18:44	3:69	2	7	16	99	David Potts	M45	22:15	4:43	4	8
4	30	Daniel N’Jai	M	19:02	4:54	3	9	17	110	Cath Young	F55	23:31	4:66
5	33	Dale Smith	M40	19:07	4:72	2	6	18	112	Claire Calverley	F	23:46	4:69	5	8
6	35	Peter Brown	M40	19:10	3:82	1	8	19	117	Ron Ingram	M55	24:09	4:82	5	7
7	55	Ian Baxter	M45	20.08	4:02	3	8	20	121	Julie Lemin	F	24:34	4:87	5	6
8	62	Steven French	M	20:36	4:08	3	7	21	122	Peter Maylia	M55	24:36	4:87	5	5
9	65	David Bradley	M55	20:44	4:09	4	12	22	138	Lee Simpson	M40	26:17	5:23	6	6
10	76	Shaun Dodd	M40	21:00	4:20	3	6	23	142	Angela Johnson	F40	26:43	5:29	6	5
11	79	Mark Ponton	M45	21:10	4:22	4	11	24	144	Heather Barrass	F	27:15	5:43	5	4
12	81	Heather Christopher	F40	21:16	4:23	3	5	25	145	Ann Craddock	F55	27:18	5:44	6	4
13	89	Steve Dobby	M40	21:36	4:27	3	4
Total No. of finishers :- 159

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Race 8 - Darlington 10k – Sun 11th August 2013

Race eight of the season's Grand Prix saw the Darlington 10k introduced for the first time, so on Sunday August 11th twenty-four runners and their supporters travelled down the A19 to take part in this popular (and rumoured fast) race. We were greeted with breezy but dry conditions for the two lap course based in Darlington Town Centre. First back for Blyth was once again Jake in a time of 37:04, withLindsey Chapman being first Blyth lady in 42:44.

The full results can be found at sportsystems.co.uk

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace /M	Div.	Pts.
1	46	Jake Jansen	M	37:06	37:04	5:58	1	8	13	242	Steven French	M	43:14	43:06	6:56	3	5
2	49	Jon French	M	37:16	37:14	5:60	2	8	14	294	Mark Ponton	M45	44:45	44:38	7:11	4	10
3	81	Dale Smith	M40	38:34	38:32	6:12	2	7	15	307	David Potts	M45	45:06	44:58	7:14	4	9
4	87	Peter Holmback	M	38:53	38:51	6:15	2	6	16	339	Ray Carmody	M	45:39	45:23	7:18	4	8
5	92	Graeme Stewart	M	39:04	39:01	6:17	2	5	17	493	Ralph Dickinson	M60	49:01	48:43	7:50	4	7
6	96	Daniel N'Jai	M	39:16	39:12	6:19	3	9	18	574	Peter Maylia	M55	50:44	50:28	8:7	5	8
7	118	Calum Storey	M	40:08	40:04	6:27	3	8	19	597	Ron Ingram	M55	51:06	50:49	8:11	5	7
8	125	Robbie Barkley	M40	40:25	40:22	6:30	1	7	20	715	Julie Lemin	F35	53:02	52:46	8:30	5	6
9	175	Shaun Dodd	M40	41:46	41:42	6:43	3	7	21	751	Louise Coultate	F	53:35	53:17	8:35	-	-
10	214	David Bradley	M55	42:38	42:34	6:51	4	12	22	867	Louise Rawlinson	F40	56:12	55:17	8:54	6	6
11	222	Steve Dobby	V40	42:46	42:39	6:52	3	6	23	903	Anne Craddock	F55	57:04	56:09	9:2	6	5
12	225	Lindsey Chapman	F	42:51	42:44	6:53	4	11	24	1207	Andrea Scott	F35	71:06	70:09	11:17	-	-
Total No. of finishers :- 1271

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Race 7 - James Herriot Trail Race (14k) – Sun 28th July 2013

Congratulations to all those who completed the James Herriot Trail Race on Sunday 28th July which was the seventh race of this year's Grand Prix competition. After a couple of very dry weeks the heavy overnight rain had made the course wet in places with a few large puddles and a swollen stream to navigate. Although only just under 9 mile, the hilly course together with the strong head wind along the high section maked fast times an impossibility.

Heather Christopher who was third lady overall and Lindsey Chapman first O35 woman - well done ladies.

The full results can be found via links on the James Herriot Trail Race pages by clicking Here.

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.
1	7	Peter Brown	MV	61:37	4:24	1	8	12	92	Lindsey Chapman	FV	76:12	5:27	4	11
2	20	Peter Holmback	M	65:03	4:39	2	8	13	101	Mark Ponton	MV	77:01	5:30	4	10
3	27	Scott Povey	M	66:12	4:44	2	7	14	109	Terry McCabe	M60	77:52	5:34	4	9
4	32	Jon French	M	67:23	4:49	2	6	15	114	Leanne Herron	F	78:19	5:36	-	-
5	40	Graeme Stewart	M	68:38	4:54	2	5	16	135	Steven French	M	80:52	5:47	3	4
6	47	Daniel N'Jai	M	69:43	4:59	3	9	17	155	Peter Maylia	MSV	83:39	5:59	5	8
7	49	Ian Baxter	MV	69:54	4:60	3	8	18	186	Ron Ingram	MSV	87:46	6:16	5	7
8	60	Shaun Dodd	MV	71:48	5:08	3	7	19	216	Adele Lonsdale	FSV	93:10	6:39	-	-
9	74	Heather Christopher	FV	73:39	5:16	3	6	20	217	Davina Lonsdale	FSV	93:11	6:39	5	6
10	77	Steve Dobby	MV	74:03	5:17	3	5	21	263	Anne Craddock	F55	2:00:04	8:35	6	6
11	86	Dave Bradley	MSV	75:17	5:23	4	12
Total No. of entrants :- 320

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Race 6 - Bridges of the Tyne 5 Mile – Tue 9th July 2013

So we gathered on Newcastle Quayside on a hot sticky evening for the sixth race of this year's Grand Prix, The Bridges of the Tyne 5 Mile event hosted by Tyne Bridge Harriers. Dressed in running gear we were obtaining strange glances from the multitudes of people just strolling or cycling along the Quayside on such a pleasant evening, not to mention the hundreds sitting in the numerous bars. With this many people around it looked as though the race was going to be chaotic, but apart from a congested start, good marshalling ensured that the race progressed very smoothly.

Starting on the north of the river between the Tyne and Millennium Bridges the route takes the runners west along the Quayside before turning at the Newcastle Business Park and returning eastwards to finish on the Quayside adjacent to the mouth of the Ouseburn, running under or past seven of the bridges of the Tyne.

First back of the 35 Blyth runners taking part was Jake in an excellent 11th position with a time of 29:10, closely followed 3 seconds later by Peter Brown. First Blyth female was Heather Christopher in 88th overall in 33:57, both Peter and Heather were second in their respective age categories.

The full results can be found at racetimingsystems.net

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Chip Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	11	Jake Jansen	M	29:11	29:10	5:50	1	8	19	169	Ray Carmody	M	36:53	36:47	7:22	4	7
2	12	Peter Brown	M40	29:14	29:13	5:50	1	7	20	176	Phillippa Baxter	F	37:04	36:57	7:24	4	6
3	21	Jon French	M	30:10	30:09	6:02	2	8	21	189	Mark Nicholson	M	37:52	37:49	7:34	-	-
4	22	Christopher Laidlaw	M	30:22	30:19	6:04	-	-	22	204	Steve Walker	M50	38:44	38:35	7:44	4	5
5	35	Dale Smith	M40	31:33	31:31	6:18	2	7	23	219	Ralph Dickinson	M60	39:18	39:07	7:51	4	4
6	43	Peter Holmback	M	31:49	31:47	6:21	2	6	24	224	David Roberts	M50	39:45	39:35	7:57	4	3
7	49	Tony Holland	M	32:03	32:01	6:24	2	5	25	234	Heather Barrass	F35	40:16	40:08	8:03	5	8
8	66	Calum Storey	M	33:06	33:04	6:37	3	9	26	246	Ron Ingram	M55	40:47	40:39	8:09	5	7
9	76	Graeme Stewart	M	33:39	33:35	6:43	2	4	27	256	Adele Lonsdale	F45	41:26	41:15	8:17	-	-
10	80	Ian Baxter	M45	33:46	33:42	6:45	3	8	28	257	Claire Calverley	F35	41:35	41:24	8:19	5	6
11	88	Heather Christopher	F40	34:00	33:57	6:48	3	7	29	267	Louise Rawlinson	F40	42:02	41:41	8:24	6	6
12	101	David Potts	M45	34:28	34:23	6:53	4	12	30	269	Peter Maylia	M55	42:07	41:57	8:25	5	5
13	103	Shaun Dodd	M40	34:33	34:28	6:54	3	6	31	282	Simon Sellars	M	44:29	44:09	8:53	-	-
14	123	Lindsey Chapman	F	35:13	35:10	7:02	4	11	32	296	Lee Simpson	M40	45:32	45:07	9:06	6	5
15	139	Steve Dobby	M40	35:48	35:43	7:09	3	5	33	307	Anne Craddock	F55	47:38	47:16	9:31	6	4
16	141	Mark Ponton	M45	35:52	35:46	7:10	4	10	34	316	Diane Wallace	F60	48:52	48:31	9:46	6	3
17	155	David Bradley	M55	36:25	36:16	7:17	4	9	35	320	Angela Johnson	F40	49:22	49:02	9:52	6	2
18	164	Terry McCabe	M60	36:43	36:39	7:20	4	8
Total No. of finishers :- 334

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Race 5 - Alnwick Trail Half Marathon – Sun 23rd June 2013

Race 5 of the 12 in this year's Grand Prix saw 20 of us heading up the A1 to Alnwick on Sunday the 23rd of June for the Alnwick Trail Half Marathon. The event, which is held in conjunction with 5k and 10k races, is run within the grounds of Alnwick Castle and Hulne Park and is essentially "off-road", being a mixture of tracks and grassland. As the web site says, there are some challenging climbs, which are rewarded with stunning views over north Northumberland and towards the coast, especially from the highpoint of the course at Brizlee Tower.

First back from Blyth was once again Peter Brown in 8th place, followed closely by Peter Holmback and Jon French in 12th and 13th positions respectively. Amazingly Peter Holmback ran a half marathon pb on this very testing course and when you consider that his tapering included an 18 mile run 2 days prior this achievement is even more astonishing.

Congratulations to Heather Christopher who was second lady overall and first F40.

Also, a mention for Dave Kitching who completed the 10k.

The full results can be found via a link from the Run Alnwick web site.

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.
1	8	Peter Brown	M40	1:24:12	3:59	1	8	11	101	Julie Lemin	F	1:54:04	5:25	5	8
2	12	Peter Holmback	M	1:28:17	4:11	2	8	12	104	David Roberts	M50	1:55:41	5:30	4	8
3	13	Jon French	M	1:28:37	4:12	2	7	13	110	Dave Bradley	M50	1:56:59	5:33	4	7
4	26	Shaun Dodd	M40	1:35:06	4:30	3	9	14	130	Ron Ingram	M50	2:00:09	5:42	5	7
5	27	Heather Christopher	F40	1:39:16	4:42	3	8	15	138	Davina Lonsdale	F40	2:02:23	5:49	5	6
6	58	Steve Dobby	M40	1:43:59	4:56	3	7	16	146	Ralph Dickinson	M60	2:04:31	5:55	4	6
7	59	David Potts	M40	1:44:02	4:56	4	12	17	162	Peter Maylia	M50	2:09:11	6:08	5	5
8	61	Lindsey Chapman	F	1:44:05	4:56	4	11	18	167	Andrew Hunter	M40	2:11:01	6:14	-	-
9	88	Steve Walker	M50	1:51:12	5:17	4	10	19	173	Louise Rawlinson	F40	2:15:38	6:27	6	6
10	95	Ray Carmody	M	1:52:24	5:20	4	9	20	181	Anne Craddock	F50	2:19:01	6:36	6	5
Total No. of finishers :- 209

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Race 4 - Allendale 8M – Sat 1st June 2013

After the relative heat wave of the preceding week it was typical that race day started cool and damp. The Allendale 8 is actually 7.7 miles, so apart from a couple of Blyth's 25 runners who had done this race before, pb's were virtually guaranteed, even on this definitely "not flat" course. The race takes place on the same day as the annual town fair, with a few stalls, hog roast (yum yum) and a strong man competition to help the supporters pass the time while the runners are out on the course enjoying the fantastic scenery.

Congratulations to Peter Brown, 5th overall and 1st M40, Heather Christopher (1st F40?), the men's team of Peter, Jake, Peter and Adam who claimed the men's team prize and Heather, Lindsey and Julie for being 2nd ladies team.

The full results can be found the Allen Valley Striders web site.

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace/km	Div.	Pts.
1	5	Peter Brown	M40	48:05	3:52	1	8	14	73	Brian Singleton	M50	61:23	4:57	-	-
2	13	Jake Jansen	M	49:59	4:02	1	7	15	75	Ray Carmody	M	61:39	4:58	4	9
3	15	Peter Holmback	M	50:49	4:06	2	8	16	76	Julie Lemin	F	62:01	5:01	5	8
4	22	Adam Robinson	M40	52:17	4:13	2	7	17	80	David Roberts	M50	63:10	5:06	4	8
5	27	Graeme Stewart	M	54:01	4:21	2	6	18	90	Karen Singleton	F40	65:13	5:16	-	-
6	30	Calum Storey	M	54:14	4:22	3	9	19	95	Ron Ingram	M50	66:52	5:24	5	7
7	34	Shaun Dodd	M40	54:49	4:25	3	8	20	105	Claire Calverly	F	68:21	5:31	5	6
8	39	Robbie Barkley	M	56:04	4:31	1	6	21	108	Peter Maylia	M50	69:13	5:35	5	5
9	40	Heather Christopher	F40	56:24	4:33	3	7	22	110	Ralph Dickinson	M60	70:11	5:39	4	7
10	44	Steven French	M	57:04	4:36	3	6	23	122	Louise Rawlinson	F40	72:04	5:49	6	6
11	55	David Potts	M40	59:21	4:47	4	12	24	131	Simon Sellars	M	75:50	6:07	-	-
12	60	Mark Ponton	M40	59:47	4:49	4	11	25	132	Anne Craddock	F50	76:06	6:08	6	5
13	66	Lindsey Chapman	F	60:18	4:52	4	10
Total No. of finishers :- 142

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Race 3 - Cragside 10K – Sat 13th April 2013

Well spring had finally arrived on Saturday for the Cragside 10 K, the mist had lifted and the sun was making an appearance, I even went without gloves for the first time this year, which is about time as I have had them on for the last 6 months.
There was a great turnout from Blyth with contestants from each division vying for a good position. There was a 1km walk up the hill to the start giving us all a good idea of how quick the finish was going to be, if we had any strength left in the legs after the climb up to that point.
Since it was downhill for the first K we all went off rather quickly with Peter brown, Jake , Lee and Jon leading the way, all making a great start at the front.
Once we hit the bottom of the hill we were all catching our breath and trying to slow down a little bit for the hills ahead, from 2 - 5 k it was rather "lumpy" with some short ups and downs to keep it interesting.
After 5km the route started to climb, then climb some more, and more all the way up to 8km, what a long drag that one was ! I came across a couple of casualties on the way up, poor Jon French had pulled up with a hamstring problem then next was young Jake who had his own set of problems.
Finally at 8km the dash to the finish began, trying to catch my breath and make up time from the slow uphill section, expecting Heather Christopher to come flying past me at any second.
With about 1/2 mile to go Calum came breezing past me, and I expected Steven French to be catching me soon also, which he was , thankfully I heard him coming and just managed to keep ahead !.
Watching the rest of the gang come in there were some impressive finishes from Julie, Ray and Lindsey coming in strong and Dave Potts just caught Shaun on the line in with a rather impressive finish also !.
So all in all a great day out in the woods, though I suspect that we will all have tender quads tomorrow !.
Well done to all those who ran !
Bring on the Allendale 8 ! which may also be a little bit hilly , wooo hooo ! (Steve D)

The full results can be found at racetimingsystems.net

(Please note that times recorded below are the chip times but race position is based on clock time.)

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	6	Peter Brown	M40	37:18	6:00	1	8	16	63	David Bradley	M55	45:38	7:21	4	10
2	9	Lee Cuthbertson	M	38:27	6:11	1	7	17	67	Mark Ponton	M45	45:58	7:24	4	9
3	12	Peter Holmback	M	38:45	6:14	2	8	18	72	Terry Mccabe	M60	46:35	7:30	4	8
4	15	Sam Dodd	M	39:32	6:22	1	6	19	74	Lindsey Chapman	F	46:28	7:29	4	7
5	17	Adam Robinson	M45	39:41	6:23	2	7	20	80	Julie Lemin	F35	47:26	7:38	5	8
6	18	Graeme Stewart	M	39:54	6:25	2	6	21	81	Ray Carmody	M	47:28	7:38	4	6
7	30	Daniel N'jai	M	41:32	6:41	3	9	22	95	Steve Walker	M50	48:15	7:46	4	5
8	38	Calum Storey	M	42:59	6:55	3	8	23	105	David Roberts	F50	49:05	7:54	4	4
9	39	Steve Dobby	M	43:05	6:56	3	7	24	137	Ralph Dickinson	M60	52:04	8:23	4	3
10	40	Steven French	M	43:15	6:58	3	6	25	138	Claire Calverly	F35	52:06	8:23	5	7
11	42	Heather Christopher	F40	43:47	7:03	3	5	26	145	Ron Ingram	M55	52:51	8:30	5	6
12	49	Steve Gillespie	M50	44:32	7:10	3	4	27	162	Andrew Hunter	M	54:02	8:42	-	-
13	58	Shaun Dodd	M40	45:25	7:19	3	3	28	178	Peter Maylia	M55	56:00	9:01	5	5
14	59	David Potts	M45	45:25	7:19	4	12	29	180	Louise Rawlinson	F40	56:08	9:02	6	6
15	60	Martin Scott	M40	45:30	7:19	4	11	30	187	Richard Shillinglaw	M	56:39	9:07	-	-
Total No. of finishers :- 262

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Race 2 - Run Northumberland Half Marathon – Sun 10th March 2013

Early morning start on a bitterly cold day - things can only get better. Not so, by the time we got picked up by the park-and-ride buses in Ponteland, a snow blizzard had struck! Simple matter then of queuing up for numbers (getting numb-er(?)) and trying to stay warm until the start. Next problem - we were all on the start line but facing the wrong way. Sorted and off we set. Extremely cold, very windy and a course that was described as 'lumpy'. Not sure how they managed it but a circular route, into the wind most of the way and with more uphill than downhill.

With four finishers in the top 25 this was a good race for Blyth, first back was Jake in 18th, closely followed by Lee Cuthbertson (19th), Peter Brown (21st) and Jon French (24th). First Blyth lady back was Heather Christopher in 110th place overall. An amazing 13 of our runners recorded half marathon pb's.

The official results are still a little incomplete, so the results below and Grand Prix tables are the best we can do at the minute, if anyone can fill in the blanks or spot any mistakes please let me know asap. so that the tables can be corrected.

The full results can be found at racetimingsystems.net

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	18	Jake Jansen	M	1:22:40	6:18	1	8	17	193	Martin Scott	M40	1:40:59	7:42	4	8
2	19	Lee Cuthbertson	M	1:22:53	6:19	1	7	18	217	Mark Ponton	M45	1:42:08	7:47	4	7
3	21	Peter Brown	M40	1:23:07	6:20	1	6	19	220	Julie Lemin	F35	1:42:12	7:48	5	8
4	24	Jon French	M	1:24:05	6:25	2	8	20	224	Terry McCabe	M60	1:42:36	7:50	4	6
5	40	Graeme Stewart	M	1:26:30	6:36	2	7	21	269	Dave Roberts	M50	1:45:56	8:05	4	5
6	55	Rob Barkley	M	1:29:02	6:47	1	5	22	294	Claire Calverley	F35	1:48:48	8:18	5	7
7	86	Daniel N’jai	M	1:32:39	7:04	3	9	23	299	Karen Singleton	F45	1:49:18	8:20	-	-
8	110	Heather Christopher	F40	1:34:04	7:11	3	8	24	320	Heather Barrass	F35	1:51:10	8:29	5	6
9	113	Shaun Dodd	M40	1:34:24	7:12	3	7	25	330	Dave Cox	M60	1:51:51	8:32	-	-
10	116	Steve Dobby	M	1:34:44	7:14	3	6	26	365	Ron Ingram	M55	1:55:29	8:49	5	5
11	125	Martin Gaughan	M50	1:35:09	7:15	2	6	27	374	Adele Lonsdale	F45	1:56:36	8:54	-	-
12	139	Steven French	M	1:36:30	7:22	3	5	28	375	Davina Lonsdale	F45	1:56:37	8:54	5	4
13	144	David Bradley	M55	1:36:52	7:23	4	12	29	429	Peter Maylia	M55	2:04:11	9:28	5	3
14	146	Dave Potts	M45	1:37:15	7:25	4	11	30	432	Angela Johnson	F40	2:04:40	9:31	6	6
15	150	Phillipa Baxter	F	1:37:51	7:28	4	10	31	457	Anne Craddock	F55	2:09:03	9:51	6	5
16	174	Lindsey Chapman	F	1:40:00	7:38	4	9	32
Total No. of finishers :- 529

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Race 1 - Snake Lane 10m – Sun 24th February 2013

After a day of snow, cold but bright weather conditions greeted 31 of Blyth’s finest as they joined over 750 runners for the start of the Snake Lane 10 mile race at Pocklington. Obviously the conditions suited as a number of our runners set PB’s with their performances. First back for Blyth was Jake Jansen in a very good 49^th position with a PB of 60:27, followed closely by Peter Brown and Lee Cuthbertson in 54^th and 58^th place. First back for the ladies was Heather Christopher in 224^th position. Unfortunately the prize giving had to be cancelled due to the chip timing system, used for the first time in the race’s history, failed and so age categories and team positions are not known. It did, however, mean that we managed to get all our members out of the bar sooner than expected but we got back no earlier as the coach driver, relying on a mix of SatNav and Mal, got lost and took us through the middle of York!

The full results can be found at ukresults.net

Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.	Pos.	Race Pos.	Name	Cat	Time	Pace	Div.	Pts.
1	49	Jake Jansen	M	1:00:27	6:05	1	8	18	297	Martin Scott	M40	1:14:01	7:41	4	8
2	54	Peter Brown	M40	1:01:08	6:12	1	7	19	321	Terry McCabe	M60	1:15:39	7:58	4	7
3	58	Lee Cuthbertson	M	1:01:48	6:18	1	6	20	328	Mark Ponton	M45	1:15:51	7:59	4	6
4	81	Robbie Barkley	M	1:03:28	6:35	1	5	21	333	Julie Lemin	F35	1:16:03	7:61	5	8
5	156	Daniel N’jai	M	1:07:40	6:78	3	9	22	371	Mal Darbyshire	M55	1:17:56	7:79	3	3
6	157	Sam Dodd	M	1:07:45	6:78	1	4	23	389	Ray Carmody	M	1:18:42	7:87	4	5
7	170	Ian Baxter	M40	1:08:19	6:84	3	8	24	399	Hayley Masterman	F35	1:19:09	7:92	4	4
8	191	Steven French	M	1:09:21	6:95	3	7	25	449	Heather Barrass	F35	1:21:03	8:11	5	7
9	199	Calum Storey	M	1:09:35	6:97	3	6	26	488	Davina Lonsdale	F45	1:22:48	8:28	5	6
10	224	Heather Christopher	F40	1:10:48	7:09	3	5	27	543	Ron Ingram	M55	1:25:37	8:56	5	5
11	248	Steve Gillespie	M50	1:11:25	7:15	3	4	28	566	Peter Maylia	M55	1:27:18	8:73	5	4
12	256	Mark Cooper	M	1:12:01	7:22			29	619	Angela Johnson	F40	1:31:46	9:18	6	6
13	266	Phillipa Baxter	F	1:12:47	7:29	4	12	30	678	Anne Craddock	F55	1:38:46	9:88	6	5
14	270	Dave Potts	M45	1:12:57	7:31	4	11	31	733	Sharon Richardson	F45	1:52:42	11:27	6	4
15	279	Darren Noble	M40	1:13:12	7:33			32
16	289	Lindsey Chapman	F	1:13:36	7:37	4	10	33
17	296	David Bradley	M55	1:14:01	7:41	4	9	34
Total No. of finishers :- 753

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